Lock Cylinder Disassembly - Jeep 1979 CJ-5 Technical & Service Manual

(9) Remove compressor tool.
(10) Install lock plate cover.
(11) Install steering wheel and tighten steering
wheel nut to 80 foot-pounds (41 N*m) torque.
CAPTION; Some steering shafts have metric
steering
wheel nut threads. Identify the shaft nut thread-type
before installing a replacement nut. Metric shafts have
an identifying groove in the steering wheel locating
splines (fig. 2J-2).
(12) Connect column wiring harness connectors at
base of column.
(13) Remove protective covering from column
painted areas.
(14) Connect battery negative cable.
(15) Reset clock if equipped.
Lock Cylinder Disassembly
In the following procedures, all references to turning
the key clockwise or counterclockwise are made as if the
cylinder is being viewed from the key-end.
(1) Insert key in lock cylinder.
(2) Hold lock sleeve and turn cylinder to Lock
position.
(3) Fabricate plunger pin compressor tool from pa-
per clip. Make 90° bend in one end of clip about 1/4 inch
(6.35 mm) from end (fig. 2J-65).
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Fig.
2J-66
Lock Cylinder and Sleeve Disassembled
Fig, U41 Ignition lock Cylinder Assembly
RETAINER
Fig. 2J-65 Compressing Lock Cylinder Plunger Pin
(4) Turn lock cylinder to Accessory position. Brass
plunger pins in lock sleeve should now bear against lock
cylinder stop lug (fig. 2J-66).
(5) Compress plunger pin using paper clip com-
pressor tool (fig. 2J-66).
NOTE: There are two brass pins and two
staking
marks on the lock sleeve. The brass pin that must be
compressed in order to separate the cylinder and sleeve
is located just above the stake mark that is positioned
above and to the left of the retaining tab (fig. 2J-65).
(6) Hold brass plunger pin in compressed position
and turn lock cylinder clockwise using paper clip.
(7) Stop turning cylinder when it springs upward
slightly. Cylinder locking lugs are now aligned with
sleeve locking grooves.
(8) Remove ignition key.
(9) Turn sleeve and cylinder upside down.
(10) Fabricate wire hook from additional paper clip.
(11) Lift nylon stop on lock sleeve using wire hook
and separate cylinder from sleeve (fig. 2J-67).